foods/candies: usa vs. ireland

BEAT

I recently asked a group of people what they would like me to bring over from the states on my way to Ireland and got a lot of requests for candy that I wasnt aware Ireland didnt have,

Here are a few:

Reese's cups, Butterfingers, milk duds, chees in a can, koolaide...

What are some other things you can think of that you dont have in Ireland that we have in the states.

One thing we dont have here that I miss from Ireland are the Sausages...they are way differnet here, infact I wont eat sausage here, only in Ireland.
The bread is better in ireland, and we dont have that yummy Black current juice that you have. I miss those the most.

BuffyBot

Peanut Butter M&M's - dunno why they won't do them over this side of the pond

tk123

AlmondM&Ms my FAV!!! Anyhoos you can lots of suff here now like the Reese's cups, Mike & Ikes, Hershey etc...you can even get A&W root beer in Camden Street...

Blisterman

I always try and get people to bring back Oreo-os. They're an oreo cereal. Best cereal in the world.

Squall

Blisterman wrote:

I always try and get people to bring back Oreo-os. They're an oreo cereal. Best cereal in the world.

Devil dogs...............oh man those are good

Twinkies. Infact anything by hostess

Crispy M+M's (Yes I know we get them here but theyre crap in comparison, not sure why exactly.The chocolate in ours is mank)

Mike and Ikes (Which can now be bought in campus shops in UCC )

Froot Loops

Lipton Ice. Cant find it anywhere in cork

Im sure theres plenty of others but thats all I can think of now

pwd

Good n' Plenty

Blackjack

Hershey's, particularly Hershey's kisses.
Franks red hot sauce (not candy I know, but I always bring some back if I can).
Loads of others.

segadreamcast

Heh, I bought a giant tube of Hershey's kisses from NY in August. Very nice move on my part - I must admit.

There was one thing I forgot to bring back though, it was this gorgeous brand of bbq sauce - somethingorother 'hickory flavour' I think it was called. Damn it was good. White text on a black background...anyone know what I'm talking about?

Squall

NoelRock wrote:

Heh, I bought a giant tube of Hershey's kisses from NY in August. Very nice move on my part - I must admit.

There was one thing I forgot to bring back though, it was this gorgeous brand of bbq sauce - somethingorother 'hickory flavour' I think it was called. Damn it was good. White text on a black background...anyone know what I'm talking about?

Could be jack daniels bbq sauce (no not the whiskey)

Doper Than U

S'mores. I've never tried them, and they sound sooo good.

Blub2k4

Reeses peanut butter cups are available now, quite nice they are too.

boo4842

A lot of things I used to miss about North America are now available in Ireland like:

Doritos - still lacking in flavours
Chocolate Milk - available in some places
Dr Pepper
Sprite

But I'm back in canada now and there is still a few you can't get there...

Root Beer
potato chips
spicy ketchup / mustard
REAL hot dogs / sausages -(not breakfast sasages)
steak spices
vegitable crackers
all sour candies. Sour kids, peach blasters, cherry balsters
bottled water water in cases. I can get 24 500ml bottles for 2-3 euro
chocolate almonds

I do miss
Jacobs cream crackers
Curries... the chinese justcan't do them the same
chippers - duh
and defiantely the sausies

tovalee

Anybody coming to Ohio from Ireland or the ,UK..I will pay ridiculously for milk chocolate Hob Nobs that McVities make, or for real english bitters(especially the Smiles Bitters from Bristol).

jesus_thats_gre

WOuld so anything for a big bag of jelly bellys

Tiriel

Big Red chewing gum.. and cinnamon flavoured stuff in general..

I guess us Irish aren't a cinnamon bunch.. Wrigley brought out Big Red here too but it mustn't have been too popular.. dissappeared again!!

So I get my sis to post it over to me

tovalee

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

WOuld so anything for a big bag of jelly bellys

hmm.. interested in a jellybean / hobnob exchange ?

simu

I liked Big Red too when it was released in Ireland but the one they have in the US tastes stronger and burns the tongue - unpleasant!

I have to say that going to the US turned me into a bit of a health freak. All the sweet stuff I tried there was *extremely* sweet and usually, soft drinks etc contained corn syrup instead of real sugar and it used to make me go dizzy.

Zombienosh

hands down
UK chocolate n sweets win
the american stuff is far too sweet for my liking , they put tons of sugar into it all.

Tiriel

I still like Big Red though!! Extra do it too.. much milder.. maybe u'd like that?!

BEAT

tovalee wrote:

Anybody coming to Ohio from Ireland or the ,UK..I will pay ridiculously for milk chocolate Hob Nobs that McVities make, or for real english bitters(especially the Smiles Bitters from Bristol).

where in ohio are you, thats where i live and am in Ireland now. due back in a week

tovalee

BEAT wrote:

where in ohio are you, thats where i live and am in Ireland now. due back in a week

no way! small world eh? I live just east of columbus. And i just got back from ireland and england late october myself... go figure